General Assembly Resolutions
Note: UNIFEM has been dissolved and incorporated into the newly established UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). Read about UN Women's governing documents. (The following information is for historical reference.)
UNIFEM's mission and mandate are authorized by the UN General Assembly in the following resolutions.
Founding Resolutions
A/RES/31/133 – 16 December 1976 – Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women. Criteria and arrangements for the management of the Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women. [ ar | en | es | fr | ru | zh ]
A/RES/39/125 – 14 December 1984 – Future Arrangements for the Management of the Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women. UNIFEM founding resolution. Establishes UNIFEM as a separate and identifiable entity in autonomous association with UNDP, upon the dissolution of the Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women, at the end of the decade. [ ar | en | es | fr | ru | zh ]
Subsequent UNIFEM Resolutions (most recent first)
A/RES/62/135 – 17 December 2007 – United Nations Development Fund for Women. UNIFEM Resolution. Adopted by consensus by the 3rd Committee of the General Assembly on Friday 16 November 2007 with the support of 112 co-sponsors. While much of the text has remained the same as in prior years, there are some noteworthy additions that have great bearing on UNIFEM’s future work. In particular, the General Assembly encourages UNIFEM to designate country representatives “with the authority to work with the concerned Governments to identify, formulate and execute programmes and projects, within the mandate of the Fund and in line with national priorities” (par. 10). [ ar | en | es | fr | ru | zh ]
A/RES/60/137 – 16 December 2005 – United Nations Development Fund for Women. UNIFEM Resolution. Adopted by consensus by the 3rd Committee on Wednesday 2 November 2005 with the support of a record 113 co-sponsors, this resolution sets a new benchmark for future UNIFEM resolutions as it contains some significant additions compared to past resolutions. [ ar | en | es | fr | ru | zh ]
A/RES/56/130 – 19 December 2001 – United Nations Development Fund for Women. Biennial UNIFEM Resolution. Encourages UNIFEM to continue to ensure that a gender perspective is integrated into a comprehensive approach to HIV and AIDS at all levels of the three thematic areas of the Fund (par. 8), encourages the Fund to build the capacity of governments to undertake gender-responsive budget analysis (par. 9), urges the Fund to mainstream gender in the resident coordinator system through the common country assessment and United Nations Development Assistance Framework processes (par. 10), and welcomes the Fund's enhanced programme activities in Africa (par. 11). [ ar | en | es | fr | ru | zh ]
A/RES/54/136 – 17 December 1999 – United Nations Development Fund for Women. Biennial UNIFEM Resolution. Encourages UNIFEM to continue to assist governments in implementing CEDAW (par.7), requests that UNIFEM continue to raise awareness about and to strengthen the capacity of women in armed conflict and in promoting a gender perspective in all peacebuilding activities (par.8), and requests that UNIFEM continue its efforts in gender mainstreaming in UN operational activities (par. 9). [ ar | en | es | fr | ru | zh ]
A/RES/52/94 – 12 December 1997 – United Nations Development Fund for Women. Biennial UNIFEM Resolution. Operationalization of the Trust Fund in Support of Action to Eliminate Violence against Women (par.10). [ ar | en | es | fr | ru | zh ]
A/RES/50/166 – 22 December 1995 – The Role of the United Nations Development Fund for Women in Eliminating Violence against Women. Requests the Fund, as one of the operational bodies of the UN, to take into account the need to strengthen its activities to eliminate violence against women (par.2), and requests the UNDP administrator to consider establishing a Trust Fund in support of national, regional, and international actions to eliminate violence against women (par.5). [ ar | en | es | fr | ru | zh ]
A/RES/48/107 – 20 December 1993 – United Nations Development Fund for Women. Biennial Resolution for UNIFEM. Encourages the Fund to continue support for initiatives regarding women in politics and the democratization process. Welcomes advocacy in follow-up to the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, and stresses the importance of the role of UNIFEM in preparations for the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the Social Summit. Commends the Fund for signing the MoU with UNHCR. [ ar | en | es | fr | ru | zh ]
A/RES/46/97 – 16 December 1991– United Nations Development Fund for Women. UNIFEM Resolution. Encourages the Fund to continue its mainstreaming work, endorses the economic empowerment work in the lead-up to the 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing, and notes the increase in funds. [ ar | en | es | fr | ru | zh ]
A/RES/45/128 – 14 December 1990 – United Nations Development Fund for Women. UNIFEM Resolution. Welcomes the development of new strategies for programme management based on long-term and short-term priorities (par. 3). [ ar | en | es | fr | ru | zh ]
A/RES/44/74 – 8 December 1989 – United Nations Development Fund for Women. UNIFEM Resolution. Highlights include strengthening technical and financial capacities to enable it to preserve and augment its flexibility and to facilitate its own implementation of the governmental and non-governmental projects and programmes that it supports. [ ar | en | es | fr | ru | zh ]
A/RES/43/102 – 8 December 1988 – United Nations Development Fund for Women. UNIFEM Resolution. Stresses the importance of the continuous strengthening of the technical and financial capacities of the Fund (par. 3) and invites governments and NGOs to consider making substantial contributions (par. 7). [ ar | en | es | fr | ru | zh ]
A/RES/42/63 – 30 November 1987 – United Nations Development Fund for Women. UNIFEM Resolution. Highlights include the success of the ceremonies celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Fund. [ ar | en | es | fr | ru | zh ]
A/RES/40/104 – 13 December 1985 – United Nations Development Fund for Women. UNIFEM Resolution. Highlights include approval of the name change to United Nations Development Fund for Women with the acronym UNIFEM, satisfaction with the establishment of UNIFEM in automonous association with UNDP, and stresses the need for close and continuous working relations with UNDP and others in the UN system dealing with women's issues and development cooperation. [ ar | en | es | fr | ru | zh ]
